
The Island city of Tinnis. At postmortem. FIFAO 84.
IFAON° d'inventaire | 23497 |
Format | 24 x 32 |
Détails | 368 p. |
Publication | Cairo, 2021 |
Etat | Nine |
ISBN | 9782724707618 |
On an island in Lake Manzala, in the northeast corner of the Nile Delta, lie the ruins of Tell Tinnis, a once-prosperous port and industrial center that flourished in the late Roman and medieval periods. Although very little evidence is visible above ground, there are material remains below ground that are accessible to geophysical, geoarchaeological, and remote-sensing studies. In addition, some excavations have revealed the existence of structures such as cisterns, and ceramics and artifacts recovered from the surface provide insights into the lifestyles and relationships of the city's inhabitants. This volume presents the results of archaeological operations carried out at the site between 2004 and 2012, which have provided a relatively detailed picture of the city's form and nature from its beginnings around the 3rd century to its abandonment in the 13th century in the face of Crusader raids. These new data are analyzed in light of the links between the city and its surrounding landscape and also in relation to other settlements of the same period on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
On an island in Lake Manzala, in the northeast corner of the Nile Delta, lie the ruins of Tell Tinnis, a once-prosperous port and industrial center that flourished in the late Roman and medieval periods. Although very little evidence is visible above ground, there are material remains below ground that are accessible to geophysical, geoarchaeological, and remote-sensing studies. In addition, some excavations have revealed the existence of structures such as cisterns, and ceramics and artifacts recovered from the surface provide insights into the lifestyles and relationships of the city's inhabitants. This volume presents the results of archaeological operations carried out at the site between 2004 and 2012, which have provided a relatively detailed picture of the city's form and nature from its beginnings around the 3rd century to its abandonment in the 13th century in the face of Crusader raids. These new data are analyzed in light of the links between the city and its surrounding landscape and also in relation to other settlements of the same period on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.